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AS IT IS 2016-05-05 Burnings Bring Attention to Asylum1-Seekers in Australian Camps 澳大利亚难民营火灾引发对难民的关注

A 21-year old Somali refugee2 is critically injured after setting herself on fire on Nauru, a tiny South Pacific republic.

Australia operates a detention3 camp on the island. 

Some people are criticizing Australia for its refugee policy. However, Australia has said refugee supporters are putting pressure on migrants to harm themselves for the attention it will bring.

The 21-year old refugee Hodan Yasin has been taken to a hospital in the Australian city of Brisbane. She is in a critical condition after setting herself on fire Monday.

Refugee advocates say the injured woman was distressed4 after she was sent back to the South Pacific island. Before this incident, she had received medical treatment in Australia for injuries from a road accident.

Last week, a 23-year old Iranian asylum seeker died after he set himself on fire at the migrant center on Nauru.  

It is one of two camps operated by Australia as part of a policy to stop asylum seekers from reaching its northern waters by boat.  Even if detainees are found to be refugees5, they are not permitted to resettle in Australia.

Australian Greens party Senator6 Sarah Hanson-Young says her country is not supporting people who need help.

“They have been found to be refugees, therefore they deserve to be looked after and given an opportunity to rebuild their lives.  We should not be having languishing7 on Nauru even now, let alone for years and years to come.  We should end this suffering and bring these people to Australia and allow them to get on with their lives.”

Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has accused refugee supporters of increasing tensions on Nauru. He says they have encouraged migrants to take extreme measures to try to force Australia to change its border protection policies.

Australia sends Asylum seekers trying to reach Australia by sea to either Manus Island in Papua New Guinea or to Nauru.

Officials in the capital Canberra say the policy has reduced the steady flow of migrants trying to reach Australia by boat.

Last week, the government of Papua New Guinea said it would close the Australian facility on Manus Island after the country’s Supreme8 Court ruled it illegal.

Also, media reports say a boat carrying Sri Lankan asylum seekers has reportedly arrived on the Cocos Islands, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean.  If the arrival is confirmed, it would be the first refugee ship to have reached Australian waters in almost two years.

Words in This Story

advocates – n. someone who argues in support of a cause or person

distressed – adj. feeling or showing unhappiness or pain

detainees – n. a person who is being detained9

encourage – v. to make someone more likely to do something


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1 asylum DobyD     
n.避难所,庇护所,避难
参考例句:
  • The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
  • Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
2 refugee lCEyL     
n.难民,流亡者
参考例句:
  • The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
  • The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。
3 detention 1vhxk     
n.滞留,停留;拘留,扣留;(教育)留下
参考例句:
  • He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
  • He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
4 distressed du1z3y     
痛苦的
参考例句:
  • He was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑,无法回答他们的问题。
  • The news of his death distressed us greatly. 他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。
5 refugees ddb3b28098e40c0f584eafcd38f1fbd4     
n.避难者,难民( refugee的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The UN has begun making airdrops of food to refugees. 联合国已开始向难民空投食物。
  • They claimed they were political refugees and not economic migrants. 他们宣称自己是政治难民,不是经济移民。
6 senator UzJwm     
n.参议员,评议员
参考例句:
  • The senator urged against the adoption of the measure.那参议员极力反对采取这项措施。
  • The senator's speech hit at government spending.参议员的讲话批评了政府的开支。
7 languishing vpCz2c     
a. 衰弱下去的
参考例句:
  • He is languishing for home. 他苦思家乡。
  • How long will she go on languishing for her red-haired boy? 为想见到她的红头发的儿子,她还将为此烦恼多久呢?
8 supreme PHqzc     
adj.极度的,最重要的;至高的,最高的
参考例句:
  • It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
  • He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
9 detained 089dd94a2e55e791cd991d463a5a5ffc     
留住( detain的过去式和过去分词 ); 耽搁; 拘留; 扣留
参考例句:
  • One man has been detained for questioning. 一个男人被拘留审问。
  • He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group. 他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

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